Strange are the ways of the ruling Telugu Desam Party headed by Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu.
In the 2014 elections, the party has managed to come to power in Andhra Pradesh because of its last minute alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Even now, Naidu goes head over heels before Prime Minister Modi for funds, despite the latter ignoring the demand for special category status to AP.
In Telangana, too, the BJP entered into alliance with the TDP, despite the opposition from the local BJP leaders who had to succumb to pressures of the Central leadership.
But now, the TDP seems to have changed its strategy at least in Telangana. Telangana TDP leader A Revanth Reddy on Monday declared that his party would join hands with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) to fight against the TRS government in the state.
He said the party cadres would extend grand welcome to CPI (M) state leader Tammineni Veerabhadram who had been doing padayatra in Telangana to highlight people’s issues.
“When he enters Mahbubnagar, we will join with the CPI-M cadres in the padayatra to expose the KCR government,” he said.
It is not known whether Revanth had the approval of his boss Naidu in joining hands with the CPI-M. And it remains to be seen how the BJP leadership will react on this new found-friendship between the TDP and the Left.
